The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-06-18
Hannah More Academy.-The SD annual

Hannah More Academy.-The SD annual
commencement of this institution, located at Keis-
terstown, Baltimore county, took place on Wed
nesday. Miss Lula Gray delivered the salutatory,
and Miss Julia Murphy the valedictory. First
premiums for diligence were awarded Miss Minnie .
Gadsden, of the senior; Miss Laura Lippitt, OF
the middle; Miss Calvert Wake, of the junior;
Miss Etha Bergman, of the first preparatory J;
Miss Beryl Wilson, Of the second preparatory ];
Miss Rhoda Bergman, of the third preparatory,
and Miss Alice Rich, of the fourth preparatory,
led their classes in average for the year.
Silver medals for punctuality were awarded as
follows: Senior class, Miss Louise Gray, MISS
Minnie Gadsden, Miss Carrie Hurst Miss Julia
Murphy; middle class, Miss Laura Lippitt, Miss
Willie Greene, Miss Hattie Blackwell, Miss MIR
garet Falls: junior class, Miss Florence Colbun,
Miss jamie Pindell, Miss Louisa Rich, Miss Nam
ME Eborn, Miss Rosina Passano; preparatory de-
partment Miss Margaret Passano, Miss Etha Ber-
ryman and Miss Rhoda Bergman. Gold
for perfect department, were awarded to the fol-
lowing: Misses Emma Tennent, Julia Murphy,
Estelle Jenkins, Katie Mccoy, Calvert Wake,
Fanny Hayward, Mamie Eborn, Louisa Rich,
Clara Hite, Margaret Falls, Annie Eater, Agnes
Wake, Alice Stump, Hattie Blackwell, Lily Cacy,
Shelly Chew, Bessie Rust, Mary Coskey, Willie
Greene, Florence Reese, jamie Pindell, Florence
Colburn, Minnie Massey, Lethia Isle, Mamie
Owings, and for special reasons 10 Miss Cary
Hurst, Minnie Gadsden and Louise Gray.
The testimonial of the school was given to the
following graduates: Miss Louise Gray, Balti-
more; Miss Cary Hurst, Baltimore Miss Agnes
Wake, Cecil county; Miss May Wright Dorches-
ter county; Miss Emma Tennent, Baltimore coun-
ty; Miss Minnie Gadsden, Anderson, S. c.; Miss
Alice Stump, Baltimore county, and Miss Julia
Murphy, Calvert county. The diploma of the in
stitution was awarded to two post graduates-Miss
Fannie M. Rich, daughter of Rev. A. J. Rich, for
having completed full college course in French,
German and Latin, and to Miss Katherine Akerly
Willes of Annapolis, for having completed a full
college course in Latin and French.
A prize for the highest average in everything
Minnie Trapier Gadsden, of Anderson, S. G. MISS
Calvert Wake, of Cecil county, was only frac-
ton behind the recipient.
-Flies-A New Enemy Of the Wheat.
--Last yeer Mr.. john q. dittings, whose farm is
in the Sd district of this county, had his wheat
damaged by peculiar insect or grub that attacked
the stalk and cut off the heads. This year Mi.
Cuttings watched his wheat closely and a few days
ago he discovered that the same insect was again
at work. He caught some of them and sent them
to Washington and has received reply from the
Department of Agriculture, division of entomob-
gy, dated June 18th, as follows:
"Dear Sir Il beg to acknowledge the receipt
of yours of the 9th instant and also the accompa-
nying specimens. The worm which is damaging
your wheat is the larva of a saw-fy which has be-
come quite abundant in the last two years in Ohio,
Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland, combining its attack to wheat and timo-
thy grass. Up to two years ago none of these
saw-f1es were known to possess this habit in this
country, but this species now bids fair to become
quite a pest. The life history has not been fully
made out as yet, and it will be very difficult to
suggest remedy at this time. An agent of the
division stationed in Indiana is devotng his time
to the study of insects affecting wheat and other
grains, and he has been instructed to pay special
attention to this insect You will probably not be
further bothered with them this season, as the ma
jority of them will 60 in the ground to pupate
within q few days. A topical remedy applied to
the worms in the field is out of the question on
large scale, and we can only hope to bring about
a destruction of the pupa or the adult insect"